How to get user name from the table in codeigniter - php

Question

I have 2 tables one keeps the log and the other one keeps the user name.
Table one(logs) has
ID|USERID|DATETIME|MESSAGE
Table two(users) has
ID|USERNAME|PASSWORD
In codeigniter model I have
function getRlog(){
$this->db->limit(100);
$this->db->order_by("id","desc");
$this->db->where('type', "reservation");
$q = $this->db->get('logs');
if($q->num_rows() > 0) {
foreach($q->result() as $row){
$data[] = $row;
}
return $data;
}
}
In the controller I have...
function log(){
if (!$this->ion_auth->is_admin())
{
$this->session->set_flashdata('message', 'You must be an admin to view this page');
redirect('auth/login');
} else {
$data ['user'] = $this->ion_auth->get_user();
$this->load->model('Logs_model');
$data['logs'] = $this->Logs_model->getRlog();
$this->load->view('database/log', $data);
}
}
I want to get the username from the users table based on the id from the logs table. Should I create a foreign key? and If I do how do I get the username?

Answer 1

you might do it this way in your model
function getRlog(){
$this->db->limit(100);
$this->db->order_by("id","desc");
$this->db->where('type', "reservation");
$q = $this->db->get('logs');
if($q->num_rows() > 0) {
$data = array(); //create new data array to be returned
foreach($q->result() as $row){
$row->user = $this->ion_auth->get_user($row->userid); //create new user property that contains user object
$data[] = $row; //append to new data array with appended user property
}
return $data;
}
else {
return false; //if no results make sure you return something, either false or empty array depending on your needs.
}
}
This way you can access the entire user object from your log results returned from the model like so, assuming your controller stays the same.
View
foreach($logs as $log) {
echo $log->user->username;
}
or even...
foreach($logs as $log) {
echo $log->user->email; //etc...
}